Re: mantra and pranayama
Dear justin43 ji,
Mantras are generally taken from a guru , and in that case, the guru should also convey if there is some pranayama that is supposed to be done.
If however you have chosen a mantra of your "Ishta Daivam" [your personal God] ... it would be of the form "OM" Namah sivaya etc. For all those mantras --- if you have chosen it yourself --- you can simply continue repeating it ... just repeating it, the breath would automatically fall in the right rhythm! ITs my practical experience that if you chant a mantra in the right tone, the pranayama happens automatically.
This is so for most practices. A Bhakta experiences khumbaka [retention of breath], but he does not try it - it happens due to the intensity of love. A Jnani also experiences Khumbaka ... as he abides as the Self ! That too is effortless, he does not try for it.
so one way : go to a guru and ask.
second: Just repeat the mantra in the (right intonation if there is one, if it is a simple mantra like om namah sivaya, just repeat)... the breath falls into place by itself.
Love!
Silence
Come up, O Lions, and shake off the delusion that you are a sheep
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